A Circle of Spice: Culinary Adventure

with Janet DeNeefe

SeaTrek Company Values

We manage SeaTrek according to good principles: equality of opportunity, respect for others, and respect for the law and regulations. We care deeply about how we provide adventure cruising experiences for our guests, and above everything, this starts with safety and excellence in our operations. We strive to build long-lasting relationships and we reward loyalty. We strive to help build careers, encourage mobility, listen to and act upon individual needs, and promote further education. We strive to continue learning, and we value honest feedback as a precious gift of trust, recognising that this can help us to improve.

We respect and value the diversity of skills, origins and cultures of our employees; it is the wealth of our company. We encourage and reward initiative and are committed to working as one team. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards and behave in ways that earn the trust of others. We provide adventure sailing in a responsible way. This begins with the safety of our guests and crew. We abide by and improve upon local Indonesian standards and regulations; and year-after-year, we work and invest to meet accepted international standards. We strive to be best in class in that regard. We respect the environment in which we operate. We care about the consequences of our actions, large and small, on those around us. We are deeply committed to the integrity and the preservation of the Indonesian Archipelago. Our respectful intrusions leave only footprints, and our only traces are our contributions to the local communities.

Above all, we take pride in our ethics and we believe our corporate culture is our prime asset.

This expert-led cruise from Ambon to Sorong honours Alfred Russel Wallace – 19th century British naturalist and co-founder of the theory of evolution. We will explore, on land and underwater, what captivated Wallace about this part of the world, including the birds of paradise.

This ten-day cruise follows in the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace and offers plenty of culture and snorkelling, with potential exciting encounters with whale sharks, manta rays, and birds of paradise in their natural habitat.

Seafaring history expert, Jeffrey Mellefont, leads an adventure through ancient monsoon sailing routes to some of Indonesia’s remotest islands, connecting us with the true nature of this island nation: a maritime crossroads of rare spices, sea-borne trade, migration and boat-builders.

This expert-led cruise from Sorong to Ternate honours Alfred Russel Wallace, the 19th century British naturalist and co-founder of the theory of evolution. We will explore, on land and underwater, what captivated Wallace about this part of the world, including the birds of paradise.

This expert-led cruise from Ambon to Sorong honours Alfred Russel Wallace – 19th century British naturalist and co-founder of the theory of evolution. We will explore, on land and underwater, what captivated Wallace about this part of the world, including the birds of paradise.

Cruising between Ambon and Ternate this exciting voyage will visit the remote Banda islands, where we will wander through the nutmeg plantations, and retrace ‘the marine spice route’ north through the Moluccan islands to the clove plantations of the fabled Sultanate of Ternate.

Join master photographer, Thijs Heslenfeld, on this ten-day journey through the beauty of Raja Ampat as he shares his expertise on how to find wonder in the simplest of ways with just the click of a shutter.

Travel with us by land to some remote villages on the island of Flores. Witness natural dyeing techniques, buy textiles from the villagers, taste local culinary favourites and see the famous towering Kelimutu volcano with its three, multi-coloured crater lakes.